Posted: October 21, 2009

BANKERS' SALARIES STILL RISING by Linda McQuaig
  Banks and securities firms are on track to pay employees a record $140 billion.
 
 

CLIMATE CHANGE DENIERS by Ole Hendrickson
  New industry springs up to deflect public concern.
 
 

TO RECOUNT OR NOT TO RECOUNT by Paul Weinberg
  How Canada got caught in Afghan election that doesn't add up.
 
 

CYCLIST'S DEATH HIGHLIGHTS AUTO HAZARDS by Albert Koehl
  Cars are death traps in many ways.
 
 

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Editorial
AS THE WORLD BURNS, HARPER FIDDLES WITH CHEQUES AND IMBALANCES by Ish Theilheimer
  Bill C311 would send positive statement that not all Canadians are hopelessly backwards.
 

Science matters

DECEMBER CLIMATE DEADLINE LOOMS by David Suzuki, with Faisal Moola
  Copenhagen climate deal must be fair, ambitious, and binding.
 

MeanToons
ASSESSING THE INDICATORS
  Some signals count more than others.

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Canadian Politics

HARPER'S HYPOCRISY by Geoffrey Stevens
  Secrecy and patronage prevail in Harper's Ottawa.
 
 

YOUTH IN TRANSITION by Elsie Hambrook
  Laws in Canada vary wildly for young people between 16 and 19 years old.
 
 

TARSANDS TAILINGS WILL GROW DESPITE NEW RULES: PEMBINA by Jeremy Klaszus
  Plans to solidify toxic lakes remain unproven.
 
 

MEDIA MANIPULATION IN NAME OF ALMIGHTY DOLLAR by Bill Tieleman
  Oil companies launch propaganda campaign against climate change science.
 

Workplaces

WORLD OF LABOUR by Harry Kelber
  Labour news from Puerto Rico, Haiti, Singapore, Burma, Brazil, and Israel.
 

Consumers
NEW TV ALLIANCE SPEAKS FOR CONSUMERS from TV Alliance
  Ad hoc coalition of public interest groups calls for more say in the future of television delivery.

World beat
LET'S PUT HUMAN RIGHTS ON THE COMMONWEALTH AGENDA by Maja Daruwala, for the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative
  Upstart NGO aims to influence the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group.
 

Media files
SARAH PALIN — CHEAP! by SG Staff
  New memoir deeply discounted even before it hits the stands.

Hot headlines
FRANCE CONSIDERS NEW ECONOMIC MEASURES from WorldChanging.com
  All-star commission reports back on how to measure economic performance.

AGREEMENT OUT OF REACH by Gwynne Dyer
  The so-called peace process in the Middle East has been dead for years.
 
 

PICK OF THE WEEK

QUESTIONING ANTI-FLU STRATEGIES Nobody wants to get sick this winter, or to see friends and neighbours dying like flies. But many people question the wisdom of relying entirely on vaccines and remedies like Tamiflu. The Atlantic magazine investigates – and the results are surprising. www.theatlantic.com/doc/200911/brownlee-h1n1

Take action!
JOIN 350.ORG TO SAVE THE CLIMATE from 350.org
  October 24 to be biggest global action ever.

Feedback from our readers
RE: HARPER INDEX ARTICLE from Beatrice Ashem, Ph.D.
  Controversial giant cheques are censured in public and probably sanctioned in private.

Humour
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  Candid camera prank lures fairgoers.